mel jacobson on mon 16 jan 12
thanks bill for that great reminder.
wax works on many things.
big pitchers....keep the rims from
drying out too fast.
big platters, tiles, sculptures.
even a large piece of newspaper stuck to the
rim of a big platter will slow the drying. (or pressed into
a big flat tile piece.)
i often do not, as in NOT always cover platters
with plastic film. it gets like a rain forest under
there. i use newsprint...stuck to the damp rim.
leave it that way for a couple of days.
it dries evenly.
but that wax idea really jogged my memory bank.
so many tricks, so little time.
bill merrill is a 103 years old...he hung around dave shaner
when shaner was 6 years old.
mel
from: minnetonka, mn
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Rimas VisGirda on tue 17 jan 12
Different strokes for different folks... I've never cared for using wax to =
retard drying on edges and handles. For plates and tiles I will lay newspap=
er over the entire piece, one page or two pages for slower drying. For vert=
ical pieces I use a brown paper shopping back over the pieces. If I have a =
lot of work I wrap a sheet around my bread cart. When I learned pottery we =
had a damp room that was a closed small room with plaster shelves that were=
kept wet; it promoted slow and very even drying. My theory is that enclosi=
ng a piece in paper creates a humidifier where the moisture passes through =
the paper but at a slow enough rate to cause somewhat of a back pressure to=
the moisture evaporating from the work. I also use sheetrock for my warebo=
ards which absorbs some of the moisture from the bottom of the work. -Rimas
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